Quotes from Eve Ensler

Ela mora dentro dessa coisa confusa Dentro dessa máscara monstruosa Dentro de uma autoestima morta Dentro do desejo dele de torná-la nada Ela está lá, eu juro Eu a ouvi arfando Eu a ouvi suspirando Eu a ouvi balbuciando alguma coisa Com o que um dia foi uma boca Eu juro. Eu a ouvi. Ela mora ali.

Não aguento mais a passividade dos homens bons. Cadê vocês, merda? Vocês vivem com a gente, transam com a gente, nos têm como filhas, amigas, irmãs, são nutridos, criados e eternamente amados por nós, e como não lutam do nosso lado? Por que não vão à loucura e tomam uma atitude contra nosso estupro e nossa humilhação?

Minha revolução vai dar um golpe no Estado mental chamado patriarcado.

We don't accept your world your rules your wars We don't accept your cruelty and unkindness. We don't believe some need to suffer for others to survive or that there isn't enough to go around or that corporations are the only and best economic arrangement. And

aquilo que faz parte do âmbito pessoal é também um ato político, [...] o diálogo pode ser uma forma de resistência.

After all, the Indo-European word cunt was derived from the goddess Kunda or Cunti, and shares the same root as kin and country.

If your vagina could talk, what would it say, in two words?

I want to touch you in real time not find you on YouTube. I want to walk next to you in the mountains not friend you on Facebook. Give me one thing I can believe in that isn't a brand name.

When the world is right, it will be the unpaid and unsung people like Cindy who will be the honored ones, the ones who get paid the most, and they will sit at the big table. When the world is right, it will be these invisible people who we see and cherish.

Most taxi drivers won't bring folks to our street They say they could get shot or killed So I wonder what that makes me A person who is bulletproof or already dead

For the most part, political correctness doesn't exist here. - Toby, Marymount Manhattan College

It is where we do not live that the dying comes.

Lasting social and cultural change is spread by ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

The trick has been to live in the contradictions while maintaining principles, beliefs, and purpose.

Esta obra teatral y este libro son parte de la oleada creativa fruto de esta energía surgida al contar la verdad

Digo la palabra en sueños, la digo porque se supone que no debo decirla. La digo porque es una palabra invisible… una palabra que suscita ansiedad, incomodidad, desprecio y asco

People ask me all the time how I survived. It wasn't that I was smarter or even stronger than anyone else. I didn't even know what I was doing. It was just that something inside me couldn't go along.

Something is unfolding. It is both mystical and practical. It requires that we show up, do our exercise, and get out of the way. In order for the human race to continue, women must be safe and empowered. It's an obvious idea, but like a vagina, it needs great attention and love in order to be revealed.

Non c'è dolore inflitto coscientemente a qualcuno che non ci torni indietro decuplicato

O que não falamos se torna um segredo, e segredos quase sempre criam vergonha, medo e mitos. Falo porque um dia quero me sentir confortável falando, e não envergonhada ou culpada.

She told me my clitoris is not something I could lose. It was me, the essence of me. It was both the doorbell to my house and the house itself. I didn't have to find it. I had to be it. Be it. Be my clitoris. Be my clitoris.

Boa parte dos taxistas não trazem gente pra nossa rua Falam que podem levar tiro ou acabar morrendo Aí fico pensando nesse caso o que é que eu sou Uma pessoa à prova de balas ou alguém que já morreu.

I have always been obsessed with naming things. If I could know them. If I could name them, I could tame them. They could be my friends.

mudanças sociais e culturais duradouras são obra de pessoas comuns que fazem coisas extraordinárias.